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Nurturing the Desire to Keep
About four years ago I had the rare opportunity to start collaborating with Jonathan Ward, founder of Icon. Jonathan and his team hand build limited edition vehicles in California. Calling them...
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The Last Trash Can You'll Ever Buy
...or so goes the tagline to Brendan Ravenhill's aptly named Dustbin. We've seen a fair share of convertible dustpans before—Lufdesign's (never produced?) pan × bin and Kawamura Ganjavian's dubious pan...
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Steven Johnson's "The Innovator's Cookbook"
Although the video below is intended to be a commercial for author Steven Johnson's latest book, it would also be a good standalone three-and-a-half-minute podcast clip on innovation. Johnson's...
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Preserving the Old School, Transportation Sketches from CCS
Sketch by Geoff Garstecki Carl Olsen was the head of the College for Creative Studies Transportation Design program from 1987-2000. Having previously been Director of Style for Citroen, Director of...
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UK Design Heavyweights on the Need for British Design Education
This British video produced by the trifecta of the Seymourpowell Design & Innovation Consultants, the Design & Technology Association and the James Dyson Foundation lines up a series of UK...
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Finn Magee's Fun with Flat
UK-based product designer Finn Magee "uses advertising techniques such as surprise, juxtaposition and humor" in his designs, perhaps best seen in his Flat Life series of objects. Each is a poster...
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Yet Another Twist on Magnetic Levitation
On occasion of the "Year of the Superconductor," here's a duly infinite variation on a recent theme. I don't know where to start paraphrasing this:As part of the MOSEM² project a group of students at...
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From Fast Cars to Slow Cooking: Brennwagen Grills Bring the Heat
As the imagery and copywriting suggest, Brennwagen grills are inspired Formula 1 racing: founder Florian Wagner "wanted a new challenge after Toyota's withdrawal from the racing circuit and made the...
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Acquinity Interactive is seeking a Director of Operations in Deerfield Beach,...
Director of Operations Acquinity InteractiveDeerfield Beach, Florida Acquinity Interactive is hiring a Director of Operations for their Deerfield Beach location. This position will report to our...
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DesignPhiladelphia 2011: Bresslergroup's "Pole Position" Design-finder
For those of you wandering around Philadelphia's Center City this weekend, you might notice something a little different—giant red arrows have replaced select parking meter poles around the area....
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DMI Design at Scale Conference Preview with Ted Booth, Smart Design
Interview by Will Evans, Semantic Foundary Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Ted Booth, Director of Interaction Design at Smart Design in New York. Smart Design got its start...
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Flotspotting: "Gio," a Better BG meter by Sara Krugman
Sara Krugman is a Brooklyn-based designer, artist and health educator whose interests intersect in her current focus on the aesthetics of healthcare technology. Her project "Gio," a collaboration with...
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Flotspotting: "Gio," a Better BG meter by Sara Krugman & Eric Forman
Editor's note: Updated on Monday, October 17 Sara Krugman is a Brooklyn-based designer, artist and health educator whose interests intersect in her current focus on the aesthetics of healthcare...
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Building a Successful Furniture Business: Hellman-Chang, Part 2 - From...
Where we left off in Part 1 of the Hellman-Chang story, Dan and Eric were freshly-minted college grads with rather unlikely degrees between them: Classical Guitar Performance and Music Business...
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This Sunday: Discovery, NBC & Mythbusters Doing Jobs Doc
While it's the Jobs biography I'm waiting on, a recent announcement has me curious: Discovery and NBC have apparently put together a one-hour documentary called "iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the...
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Wispr Vaporizer
The Wispr recently hit the market and has given a previously untapped segment of the smoking population something to shout about. The Wispr is a new product from the world's leading manufacturer of...
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Factory 20: The Motherlode of Vintage Objects Culled from Retail, Commercial...
So you need a Vintage Industrial Typesetter's Box, a Victorian-era steamer trunk, or a floor-mounted Book Rail from the 1930s. Where do you go? You go to Sterling, Virginia, after you've made an...
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DesignPhiladelphia 2011: Mayor Michael Nutter, Design Champion
Photos by Jamie Newkirk DesignPhiladelphia 2011 has officially arrived! DesignPhiladelphia is a week-long celebration of design that not only offers great lectures, exhibitions, street installations...
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Space-Saving Seating: Mr. Simon's Com-Oda
I'm loving the Com-Oda seating surface, by Valencia, Spain-based graphic and product design studio Mr. Simon. The space-saving twist on the director's chair collapses into a console/ of sorts,...
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Core77 Photo Gallery: London Design Festival 2011
Photography by Sam Dunne for Core77 Put the coffee on, close your email, and brace yourself! We just finished uploading our mega-photo coverage from this year's London Design Festival—truly our...
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